A review by provo
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Scared the shit out of me in so many ways, but not enough to give me nightmares, as long as I read in daylight.
Would recommend this to people who like the level of horror that „The Blair Witch Project“ has (because there are things-you-can-see-or-maybe-not in the woods).

The first 25% are the horror of having to clean out a hoarders house and, knowing that this is something I will have to deal with some day, ignited a terror of its own.
The next chapters, up to 65%, were the scariest to me
because I found the stuff with the diary, the manuscript, those fucking stones and the question if any of this was real at all - until thankfully foxy, skip and tomas showed up - way scarier than the effigies, though they definitely had their own flavor of fucked up. The intrusive thoughts were actually the worst and they are the reason I put a psychosis content warnings in the review.
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The latter half of the book was still scary, but in a more uncanny way and not as psychological draining as the first half.

To me, this book could have been unreadable (because I can not deal that good with horror) - but all the characters are so loveable and it is clear from the start, that Mouse and her dog will make it out alive. 
I will definitely check out other books by T. Kingfisher.

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